With a master’s in advertising, BRIANA BRANDT MURRAY spent many years in agency advertising before transitioning to a real estate broker and Certified Staging specialist in 2014. After growing up in Hinsdale and continuing to raise her family there, this @properties Christie’s International Real Estate broker knows all things Hinsdale. She was recently Recognized by Mainstreet Organization of Realtors in the Class of 2022, 20 under 40 recipients.

Who is your role model?

My mother and father. My dad ran a very successful business, all while making sure to make it to everything his kids did, and my mom was a stay-at-home mom. Both gave my brother and I the most beautiful life.

What organizations do you enjoy contributing to?

I am currently on the Board of Directors for Wellness House. It has been one of the most humbling and enriching parts of my life. My mom passed away from cancer at 58, and my father was diagnosed a little more than a year ago. Although we may never find a cure, I know that I can help cancer patients, survivors, and their family and friends navigate the road in some small way.

How do you impact your clients?

My favorite part of this job is the impact I have on finding people a place to call home, to build memories in, build families in, and build a life in. It’s truly humbling. I also hope that the impact of friendship is a close second. I feel blessed to call so many clients close friends now.

What is your best networking advice?

Just say yes! Say yes to that dinner, to that meeting, to that event. You never know who you’ll meet along the way, and meeting people is what life is all about anyway.

What advice would you give to future Power Women?

Be unapologetically yourself and follow your dreams!

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